A Bichon Frisé French, meaning curly lap dog), is a small breed of dog of the Bichon type. They are popular pets, similar in appearance to but larger than the Maltese.
The Bichon Frise descended from the Barbet or Water Spaniel and the Standard Poodle. The word bichon comes from Middle French bichon ("small long-haired dog"), a diminutive of Old French biche ("bitch, female dog"), from Old English bicce ("bitch, female dog"), related to Old Norse bikkja ("female dog") and German Betze ("female dog").[Some speculate the origin of bichon to be the result of the apheresis, or shortening, of the word barbichon a derivative of barbiche however, this is unlikely,
Source: en.wikipedia.org
0 comments:
Post a Comment